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Six Lectures on Light

by John Tyndall

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Lecture V Range of Vision Not Commensurate With Range of Radiation

THE ULTRA-VIOLET BAYS

FLUORESCENCE

THE RENDERING OF INVISIBLE RAYS VISIBLE

VISION NOT THE ONLY SENSE APPEALED TO BY THE SOLAR AND ELECTRIC BEAM

HEAT OF BEAM

COMBUSTION BY TOTAL BEAM AT THE FOCI OF MIRRORS AND LENSES

COMBUSTION THROUGH ICE-LENS

IGNITION OF DIAMOND

SEARCH FOR THE RAYS HERE EFFECTIVE

SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL’S DISCOVERY OF DARK SOLAR RAYS

INVISIBLE RAYS THE BASIS OF THE VISIBLE

DETACHMENT BY A RAY-FILTER OF THE INVISIBLE RAYS FROM THE VISIBLE

COMBUSTION AT DARK FOCI

CONVERSION OF HEAT-RAYS INTO LIGHT-RAYS

CALORESCENCE

PART PLAYED IN NATURE BY DARK RAYS

IDENTITY OF LIGHT AND RADIANT HEAT

INVISIBLE IMAGES

REFLECTION, REFRACTION, PLANE POLARIZATION, DEPOLARIZATION, CIRCULAR
    POLARIZATION, DOUBLE REFRACTION, AND MAGNETIZATION OF RADIANT HEAT.

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